I've always said the Plame Affair is not just about the two "senior Administration officials" who called Novak to expose Valerie Plame as a CIA operative... it's about who approved it, and who knew about it but didn't stop it.
Well, now we know Rove approved it, and Bush knew about it but didn't stop it.
Bush Knew About Leak of CIA Operative's Name
Jun 3, 2004, 05:28
Witnesses told a federal grand jury President George W. Bush knew about, and took no action to stop, the release of a covert CIA operative's name to a journalist in an attempt to discredit her husband, a critic of administration policy in Iraq.
Their damning testimony has prompted Bush to contact an outside lawyer for legal advice because evidence increasingly points to his involvement in the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to syndicated columnist Robert Novak.
The move suggests the president anticipates being questioned by prosecutors. Sources say grand jury witnesses have implicated the President and his top advisor, Karl Rove.
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Sources within the investigation say evidence points to Rove approving release of the leak. They add that their investigation suggests the President knew about Rove's actions but took no action to stop release of Plame's name.
They keep demolishing my low expectations. I've always said that if they didn't give Bush plausible deniability about this, they're dumber than I thought.
But I think Dems have to be careful about "beating Bush too soon." Bush is already going to lose the election, but we don't want him to resign or drop out of the race! We want him to be the candidate!